Religion Notes: Aug. 17

The Hendersonville Church of Christ at 1975 Haywood Road will officially welcome its new minister, Dr. Ethan Brown, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Ethan, his wife Ashley and three children, Gillian, Isaac and Silas, come from Lubbock, Texas, where he was spiritual life minister and an assistant professor at Lubbock Christian University.

Brown is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Ark., with a Bachelor of Arts. He has a Master of Divinity from Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tenn., and a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Renewal from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass.

He served churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Massachusetts before joining the faculty at Lubbock Christian University.

A welcoming luncheon will follow the service.

Call 828-692-0306 or visit www.hvlcoc.org for more information.

Meadows to speak at Agudas Israel Sunday

Congressman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) will recap his freshman year representing his Western North Carolina congressional district at 1 p.m. Sunday at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane, Hendersonville, at part of the Sunday seminars series.

Meadows will speak about his committee assignments, his search for office space, his reflections on his first days on Capitol Hill, and the trials and tribulations that go with being a majority party freshman legislator. He will discuss his accomplishments during his first months in Washington and the issues that surround doing the people’s work. He will also address such issues as immigration, the sequester and the Affordable Care Act.

Call 828-693-9838 for more information.

Blessing of students, educators on Aug. 25

A special blessing of students and educators is scheduled at the 9:45 and 11:15 a.m. worship services at Grace Lutheran Church, corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street, on Aug. 25.

The service is for students who are attending preschool through high school and all educators. Children and educators who attend the 11:15 a.m. Iglesia Luterana Gracia Spanish language service will also receive these special blessings.

As a new school year gets underway, Grace Lutheran will take time to thank educators for their ministry to children and youth and then pray for them as well as students.

Students are invited to bring their backpacks for a blessing. Each child will be given a special gift to attach to his backpack as a reminder that Christ is with them always, at home and at school.

Through small group prayer teams, the children and educators will continually be prayed for during the school year. Each week at Sunday school and during the Wednesday night Study Buddy program, children are invited to share the week’s cares and concerns as they pray for one another and offer encouragement for the week to come.

Call 828-693-4890 for more information.

Light Center to host open house Aug. 25

The United Research Light Center at on Highway 9, between Black Mountain and Bat Cave, will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 25.

Visitors are invited to tour the building, experience the newly renovated colored light room, walk the labyrinth and trails, and enjoy planned activities.

Dedicated in 1979, the Light Center, supported by United Research, a nonprofit agency, provides a nondenominational, supportive environment for encouraging personal and planetary transformation.

Visitors are invited to experience the colored light chamber, one of a few such rooms in the country. Although the light room has been part of the center since its beginning, earlier this year the center upgraded to a state-of-the art system with full-spectrum lights. Visitors sit in the room and experience immersion in LED light as each color turns on for several minutes. Science is still exploring the relationship of color and colored lights on the human body. James V. Goure, founder of the Light Center, believed that colored lights enhance health by balancing and stimulating the immune system.

Call 828-669-6845 or visit www.urlight.org for more information.

Anniversary Singing set for Aug. 30

The annual Anniversary Singing is set to take place at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Refuge Baptist Church at the junction of Upward, Ridge, Dana and Oleta roads.

The singing will feature The Sound of Singing Men, 30 Voice Singing Group, The Refuge Ladies Quartet and the Singing Laymen.

For 40 years, the gospel music festival has been held on Labor Day weekend in Hendersonville. Since this date is in the hearts and minds of the community, the anniversary singing honors the tradition of the past with a concert on Friday evening.

FLETCHER

Trinity Lutheran seeks building site

Trinity Lutheran Church is a new and growing church in Fletcher, and the growing congregation is seeking a 5-acre parcel within or close to Fletcher suitable for the church’s worship needs. Trinity Lutheran Church is a 501(c)3 nonprofi t organization. If anyone has information to help find a new church home, call 828-684-9770.

Annual Block Blast set for Sept. 14

The 19th annual Block Blast is set for 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the field behind Fruitland Baptist Church, 150 College St., Hendersonville.

The Block Blast is an event for the entire family. There will be live music throughout the day, as well as booths and displays, old-fashioned games, a dunking booth, pony rides and many other activities.

(Booths, games and other activities are from 1:30 to 4 p.m.) Several musical performers and other church groups will perform. Door prizes, which have been donated by area merchants, will be given away throughout the day.

A meal of barbecue chicken, barbecue pork, hot dogs, cole slaw, baked beans and all the trimmings will be served at 4 p.m. All of the activities and the meal are free.

This event is a mission of outreach to the community by cooperating area churches. Call 828-6858990 for more information.

Compiled from staff reports

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